3.1.6 Licensing

The IBM Data Server Runtime Client and the IBM Data Server Driver can be distributed without any licensing. These products are free, while the IBM Data Server Driver require a license.

3.1.7 How to deploy the DB2 client

Another important decision is how you want to deploy the DB2 client. There are several methods we can choose from, and each of them has its pros and cons. Each methods is described thoroughly in this chapter.

3.2IBM Data Server Client, Runtime Client, Driver for ODBC, CLI, and .NET

The installation methods for IBM Data Server Client, IBM Data Server Runtime

Client, and IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC, CLI, and .NET are similar, and these IBM clients are generally referred to as the IBM data server client.

If the system already has prior version of a client installed, migration should be considered.

DB2 products, including IBM data server client, can be installed multiple times on a single machine. However, the following restrictions apply for the IBM data server client when installing multiple DB2 copies on a single system:

￿Non-root/Non-Administrator installations do not support multiple DB2 copies.

￿Multiple copies must be installed in a different path. The default directory name for installing multiple copies of DB2 product is:

C:\Program Files\IBM\sqllib_nn for Windows.

/opt/ibm/db2/V9.5_xx for Linux.

/opt/IBM/db2/V9.5_xx for AIX, HP-UX or Solaris.

Where nn is the number of copies installed in that machine minus one, and xx is the number in the range 01 to 99.

￿On a Windows platform, a maximum of 16 copies of Data Server Runtime Client and 16 copies of Data Server Driver for ODBC, CLI, and .NET can be installed on any given system.

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